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Mountain Home, USA. As she stated, “the run started and ended at the Basque Club, near the fronton. We ran for a short while through the town and then most of the itinerary was in the outskirts.” Everybody did a “good job,” Jausoro said. “Some did it faster, some slower, but everybody had a good time!”

The Fun Run kicked off at 2:00 p.m. and ended at around 3:00 p.m., but it was not until an hour later that participants started enjoying the potluck. “People brought txorizo (Basque sausages), sandwiches, salads, wine, and things like that,” recalled Jausoro about the food-and-drink celebration that was held outside the Club.

The first edition of Korrika took place in 2011, “and since then we’ve celebrated it every year.” When it coincides with the big one in the Basque Country, which is celebrated every other year in February or March, they try to organize the event at the same time in Mt. Home, but when it’s not “Korrika year” in Euskal Herria, like this year, the event is organized when it better suits the organizers needs.

“Some years there are more than thirty people, some others less than that, but it’s always around that amount of participants,” said Jausoro, who was “happy” with how things went this year. “Next year we’ll do it in February or March, since it coincides with the one in the Basque Country,” she concluded.